Hame attachment



(N0 Model.)

J. G. STOBBR. HAMB ATTACHMENT.

No. 303,894. Patented Aug. 19-, 1884.

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JACOB C. STOBER, OF BROOKLYN, IOWVA.

HAME ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,894, dated August 19, 1884.

Application filed July '7, 1884. (No model.)

To (LL-Z whom it iii/nay concern Be it known that l, JACOB O. STOBER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Ioweshiek and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments, for I-Iames; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to hames, and has for its object a device whereby the lower ends of hamcs, when broken or worn out, maybe read ily repaired, and at slight cost made as good as new.

The invention consists in the plate formed with the loop and the side lug and secured to the hame, substantially as hereinafter de scribed and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front and Fi 2 a side View of the lower end of a hame constructed according to my invention. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the attachment.

Heretofore when the lower end of the hame A became broken or worn off and the straploop A pulled out, it has been necessary to lose the time and go to the expense of taking the hames to a blacksmith, in order that they might be repaired with a strap of sheet-iron.

My invention seeks to provide a device which may be readily applied to a hame by a farmer or wagoner, an ordinary hammer and screw-driver being the only essentials to its proper application.

The attachment consists of a malleablemetal plate cut or stamped with the long strip B and the lateral lug or wing G. The strip B is bent at 13 about midway, its ends forming the outer and inner wings, B B", which are each perforated with holes B". These openings are coincident and register, when the device is applied to a hame, with the rivet-opening formed through same, and through which the belt or rivet is passed which secures the haine and its edge metallic bar A together. The

wings 13 13', it will be seen, form the hameloop, or part which fits over the broken end of the hame. The lug O is bent laterally from the plate and into a plane at right angles to that of the said plate, as will be seen in the drawings. The plate (3 has an opening or per foration, O.

In use, when the end of the hame has been broken or worn off, the rivet securing plate A to the hame near its lower end is removed, and the attachment, with the strap-loop Asecured in it, is applied to the hame, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The rivet D is then passed through openings 13 I; and the hame, as indicated in Fig. 1, and secured in suitable manner to secure the parts at such points, though I prefer the rivet. A screw, E, is now turned through opening G into the hame,:ind secures the lug firmly to the hame, as will be understood. This lug prevents the attachment from becoming loose or being twisted or pulled out of place when in use. The improvement can be quickly applied, is inexpensive, and ellicient for the desired purpose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. As an article of manufacture, thehereiir described attachment for hames, consisting of a metal plate cut and bent to form the hameloop, having inner and outer wings or plates, and the lug extended laterally from the upper end of one of said plates and bent in a plane at right angles to that of the loop-plate, substantially as set forth.

' 2. The combination, with the hame, of the attachment consisting of a plate bent to form the loop B, holding-loop A, and having its plates B B lapped on the outerand inner side of the hame, and the lug or wing 0, extended to the upper end of the plate B and rivet I) and screw E, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB C. STOBER.

Witnesses:

H. \Vni'rconn, G. M. POTTS. 

